Understanding peer groups

Not all hospitals provide the same services in the same manner. Peer groups have been developed to enable some comparisons of performance to be made.

Specialist

Mercy Hospital for Women

Royal Children's

Royal Victorian Eye and Ear

Royal Women's

Tertiary

Alfred

Austin

Monash

Royal Melbourne

St Vincent's

Major

Box Hill

Dandenong

Frankston

Geelong

Maroondah

Northern

Sunshine

Western

Outer metropolitan

Angliss

Casey

Mercy Werribee

Rosebud

Sandringham

Williamstown

Regional

Albury

Ballarat

Bendigo

Latrobe

Shepparton

Wodonga

Sub Regional

Bairnsdale

Echuca

Hamilton

Horsham

Mildura

Sale

Swan Hill

Wangarratta

Warnambool

West Gippsland

About this report

This report shows the total numbers of patients presenting to an emergency department by urgency category. It excludes patients who were deceased on arrival.

Note:

Statewide excludes Albury Hospital

Understanding emergency departments

A dedicated area in a hospital that is organised and administered to provide emergency care. All patients attending emergency departments are 'triaged' or assessed for urgency. The first priority is to treat the most urgent patients.Further information on triage categories can be found here